On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Mike Heinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently noticed that OFED prohibits non-root users from doing sa queries. > This means that non-root users cannot, for example, diagnose connectivity > problems without the help of an administrator. > > What was the reason for making this design choice?
It was decided as the default to limit what non root users can do the fabric as a primitive security measure. It controls more than just SA queries. > While I could certainly > provide boot scripts to change the permissions to /dev/infiniband/umad*, I'd > rather understand why the decision was made to restrict access. udev can easily be changed for a configuration that desires different defaults. -- Hal > > -- > Michael Heinz > Principal Engineer, Qlogic Corporation > King of Prussia, Pennsylvania > > _______________________________________________ > general mailing list > general@lists.openfabrics.org > http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general > > To unsubscribe, please visit > http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > _______________________________________________ general mailing list general@lists.openfabrics.org http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
